Elephant Skull
This guy got my lunch!
Vervet Monkey
Angry Elephants!
Upon arrival at the park we had to wait while our guide registered us and took care of the payments. We found a group of about 5 small monkeys. They are called the VERVET monkey. They have light brown fur and “Blue Balls” LOL yes they do! (see pictures)
During one of our photo shoots we were watching a herd of elephants on the other side of a river. They seemed like they wanted to cross so we got into position with 3 other vehicles to watch. We watched the herd as it went into the river and then began to play and roll around in the water. It was awesome seeing elephants rolling in a river and spraying water on each other to cool off. As we watched finally three elephants decided it was time to cross the river he3ading towards us! We watched with excitement as the animals grew nearer to us. Only three came across and they were the largest three. As they got closer to us there was something not right. They seemed agitated and not very docile. We started to get a little worried as our guide said it’s no problem. We didn’t have the fullest confidence in the guide yet. We actually felt that they were about to charge. All of a sudden there was a yell from another elephant from the river. The three quickly turned around and ran back across the river to join the others. They kept stopping to look back as if to say “we are watching you!”. What an experience!
Angry Elephants!
Upon arrival at the park we had to wait while our guide registered us and took care of the payments. We found a group of about 5 small monkeys. They are called the VERVET monkey. They have light brown fur and “Blue Balls” LOL yes they do! (see pictures)
I also took some pictures of a skull found in the park. It is of the Elephant! It’s massive! (see pics)
During lunch we were warned to eat our lunches carefully as the Vervet monkeys were very bold and they would run up and grab to food right out of your hand. Sure enough one was moving in on Margo. As I stood up and went to grab my water bottle the monkey shifted from Margo and ran after me. He was so quick I barely had time to respond before I realized he had taken half of my sandwich right out of my hand!!
The park was full of wild life in their natural habitat. At first we had thought there wasn’t much to see. Just then it got busy! That day we were able to see: Wild Boar, Warthog, wildebeest, gazelle, zebra, giraffe, elephant, Impala, River Buck, ostriches, Jackal, and mongoose.
During one of our photo shoots we were watching a herd of elephants on the other side of a river. They seemed like they wanted to cross so we got into position with 3 other vehicles to watch. We watched the herd as it went into the river and then began to play and roll around in the water. It was awesome seeing elephants rolling in a river and spraying water on each other to cool off. As we watched finally three elephants decided it was time to cross the river he3ading towards us! We watched with excitement as the animals grew nearer to us. Only three came across and they were the largest three. As they got closer to us there was something not right. They seemed agitated and not very docile. We started to get a little worried as our guide said it’s no problem. We didn’t have the fullest confidence in the guide yet. We actually felt that they were about to charge. All of a sudden there was a yell from another elephant from the river. The three quickly turned around and ran back across the river to join the others. They kept stopping to look back as if to say “we are watching you!”. What an experience!
That night Margo and Guido were supposed to be staying at a camp site while I was to be staying at a local lodge. The guide made a few phone calls and managed to have us all stay at the lodge together. He said he did it because he said he could see that we had all become very good friends and he figured we would want to be together for the night. He was right, but because it’s Tanzania I figure he saved himself some money somewhere there. LOL.
We all went to the lodge and sorted out rooms, got changed and went swimming while enjoying Kilimanjaro Beer…. What a GREAT DAY!!
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